A fourth home defeat of the Premier League season leaves Burnley still a point and a place above the relegation zone.

But Burnley boss Sean Dyche felt his team played well at times against Newcastle despite falling 2-0 down in the first 23 minutes, with the Clarets’ goalscorer Sam Vokes heading over a chance to equalise deep into second-half injury time.

“There was an unlucky goal and then a poor goal,” Dyche, whose side have conceded 15 times in five games, told Sky Sports.

“A lot of aspects of our performance I was pleased with – we mixed our play and we created chances but the margins are small.

“On balance we probably deserved something but once you give those goals away it’s difficult at 2-0 down in the Premier League. The mentality was excellent but obviously I’m very frustrated with the result.

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“We had to stretch their back five, which we attempted to do in the second half. There were some moments of really good play so looking beyond the result then we’re starting to come back to what we think we can be.

“There is a process at the moment with the team getting stronger. We are starting to look like what we can be but we’ve got to get on the right side of those margins.

“That takes work, mental toughness – which we have – and resilience. We’ve had to fight for everything we’ve got so far and we’ll continue to do that.”